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On Sydney Road, in Broadstone
What it's like at BH18 8JU: every home that has sold on Sydney Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Sydney Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
| 2, Sydney RoadDetached | Apr 2012 | £603,500 | 285 m² | £2,118/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Sydney RoadDetached | Nov 2020 | £540,000 | 164 m² | £3,293/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Hamworthy, a drive away (3.7 km), with 145k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Bournemouth.
The nearest bus stop is Beech Wood Close, 100 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 4, 18, 3); 42 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Hillbourne Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 70% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Rushcombe First School (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Poole Grammar School, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 70.2 · 34.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Poole Grammar School (1.4 km) and Parkstone Grammar School (1.9 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Marks & Spencer, 500 m away; Broadstone News (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Hadleigh Practice (650 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, The Barbers Lounge is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 4.7 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 65% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 15 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Blend on the Broadway is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and The Blackwater Stream the nearest pub (550 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 81% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 35% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Pocket Park, 450 m away; for exercise, The Junction (850 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Poole Harbour Rockley Sands, 5.6 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 11 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 86 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 56% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 31% are 65 or over.
35 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency: Vikki Slade MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 1,352 (2.7%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 43%, Conservative 41%, Labour 9%, Green Party 5%.
9 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near BH18 8JU →
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.6% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.0% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Swanage Railway · about 37 min
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